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Promising Practices: How a network of male teachers of color expanded leadership opportunities
The Compton Male Teachers of Color Network is helping its district strengthen professional problem-solving skills and empower educators. The district: The Compton Unified School District in California is located near Los Angeles and serves nearly 26,000 students. Students classified as Hispanic comprised 81.9% of the student body, and students identifying as Black were 16.9% of the […]
Read MoreA Black male preschool teacher is rare. He wishes it wasn’t
Walk into any child care or preschool center and what are you going to see other than small kids, toys, blocks and books? Well, female teachers. There’s an absolute dearth of men in the field. Like, a big-time absence. Estimates of men in early childhood teaching jobs range from 1% to 6%, with most guesses […]
Read MoreMale Teachers Share Advice for Getting More Men Into the Profession
“It takes some degree either of social ignorance or of personal courage for a man to enter teaching at the elementary school level,” wrote education professor George I. Brown in a 1960 Phi Delta Kappan article about recruiting more men to the teaching profession. For a man to teach “is to spit in the face […]
Read MoreCalifornia Legislative effort to hire more men of color as teachers
For many students, the reflection of the face staring back at them in the classroom can be indicative of success, according to California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. He supports Assembly Bill 520. “The research has shown us for years that there are benefits to students of color when there’s at least just […]
Read MorePreschool teacher shares student’s head-turning comment while playing kitchen: ‘I’m still shocked’
According to preschool teacher and TikToker Tell Williams IV, “students say some crazy stuff.” On Feb. 23, the educator shared a hilarious story with his 599,000 followers about the shocking exchange he had with one of his students while they were playing “pretend restaurant.” “I’ve been teaching preschool now for, like, 8 years. Somehow I’m […]
Read MorePacific Oaks College announces lifelong educator and first African American male as dean of the School of Education
Pacific Oaks College & Children’s School (PO) announces the appointment of Jerell B. Hill, Ed.D., as the new dean of Pacific Oaks College’s School of Education. His appointment comes after having served as interim dean since July 2020. Dr. Hill is a longstanding member of the greater Pasadena community and is the first African American […]
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